Clothes-pin.



S. WILKINS. oLoTHBs PIN. APPLICATION FILED MAIL?. 1913.

Patented Mar. 24, 1914,

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Specidcation of Letters Patenti lPatenten Mer, '24, 1914.

Application tiled Hatch 7, 1913. Seria! No. 752,713.

To all whom it ma concern:

Be it known t at I, SARAH WILxrNs,a citizen of the United States, residing at Calumet, in the county of Houghton and State of Michigan, have invente new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an' improved clothes pm by means of which clothes and other articles for d rying may be suspended from a line without touchin the same, thereby avoiding all danger o soiling the clothes by contact with a line, or`becoming frozen and torn, the invention consisting in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

One object of my invention is to provide an improved clothes pin of this character which is provided with a suspending member for engagement .with the linewhereby the clothing is prevented from touching the line.

Another object is to provide a clothes lpin having a single body provided with a sus- 1 is a perspective view. of a clothes pin constructed in accordance with my invention, showing the same in use and suspended Afrom a clothes line. Fig. 2Lis an elevation of the same, showing the side opposite that shown F1g.`3 is a transverse sectional same.

In accordance with my invention, A one member 1l ofthe clothesfpin is provided at its upperend with abody 2 formingia hooi:

for engagingaround and suspending the pin from a clothes line, such as indicated at a. A plurality of members 1 ma be formed wit a single bod as shown. he o posite jaw members 3 ofv my im rovedV clot es pin are connected to the memY ers 1 by U-shaped springs` In practice, the jaw members A1-43 are preferably made of metal, which will not corrode, the hook body 2 which is integral .with the jaw members 1being-also made Jof the same non-corrodable metal and the springs 4 are preferably made of sheet may be, in practice,

metal. The springs ending hookfor attaching the pin to the' ne,

f said sheet metal body,

plated with zinc or nickel 'to prevent them from corroding. The springs. act to close the lowerv ends of the of the jaws The upper ends' of the 'aws 3 project above the springs 4 to form iiiger pieces 5 which may be 'readily pressed toward the hook body 3 and a ainst the tension of the springs to open te jaws of the pins and release the clothing or other arti cles from the pin, as will be understood.

The articles to be dried may be attached to the pin before the latter 1s hung from the line, if preferred.

It will be obvious that provision of the suspending h ook to connect the pin to the line prevents the clothing or other articles hung from the with the line sotliat all danger of the articlesrbeing soiled by contact with the line or becoming frozen thereto and consequently torn is'avoided.

ile I have herein shownwand described a preferred form of my invention, I would haveA it understood that changes may be made in the form, proportion and construction of the several parts without departing from the spirit of the invention-and within` the'scope ofthe appended claim.

claim z* v Theheren described clothes pin comprisoutturned to form a line engiging hook and having its lower portion bi rcated to form a pair of fixed-jaws, o poir of movable jawsA arrangedl opposite the fxedjaws, anda U- shaped sprlng arranged between the fixed jaws andthe movable jaws, one side of said spring being continuous and extendin across and secured to the upper portion o the other slde of said spring being bifurcatedand forming independently mova le spring'arms each of said spring arms of 'one of the movable jaws at a point near the ripper end thereof.

Intestimon -whereof I afi'x my signature in presence o `two witnesses.

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pin. from coming in contact vals A:ing a sheet metal body having its upper end i being secured to the inner side ca 

